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Diwali by Hannah Eliot; Archana Sreenivasan (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781534419902
Publication Date: 2018-08-28
An introduction to the Hindu holiday that explains the ways in which it is celebrated and why it is important
Festival of Light by Radhika Sekar (As told by); Katherine E. Allen (Illustrator)
ISBN: 8187111704
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Traces Deepavali legends from all around India from the story of Narakasura to Ramayana and more.
Premlata and the Festival of Lights by Sandra Hirshkowith; Ian Andrew (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0064420914
Publication Date: 1999-01-01
Premlata's family is too poor to celebrate the Festival of Lights until fate and an elephant step in.
Seasons of Splendour by Michael Foreman (Illustrator); Maddhur Jaffrey
ISBN: 1857933648
Publication Date: 1995-03-01
A collection of traditional tales about gods and heroes in Hindu mythology, they might be told at religious festivals during the course of a Hindu calendar year.
Celebrations of Light by Nancy Luenn; Mark Bender (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780689319860
Publication Date: 1998-10-01
An illustrated introduction to holidays celebrated around the world, including Diwali.
Light the Candle! Bang the Drum! by Ann Morris; Peter Linenthal (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0525456392
Publication Date: 1997-09-01
An illustrated introduction to holidays celebrated around the world, including Diwali.

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Diwali (also written as Deepavali) is the "festival of lights" celebrated in South Asia and by the diaspora worldwide. Learn more about Diwali in these books from the University of Texas Libraries' Youth Collection.

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